Most former inmates leave California prisons with no steady place to get medical care. Instead, they rely on random county-funded clinics or end up at … [Read more...]
Innocence Project Frees Man After 30 Years of Incarceration
After 30 years in a Louisiana prison, DNA tests cleared Henry James of a rape after he spent 30 years in prison. “I was shocked,” he said during an … [Read more...]
Job Opportunities Open For Trained Machinists
For most people coming out of prison, a criminal conviction makes employers most unwilling to hire them. It has become increasingly difficult for … [Read more...]
Texas Bans Special Last Meals
Texas inmates, facing execution, will no longer receive special last meals after complaints by a state senator regarding the extensive requests from a … [Read more...]
Group Looks to Youth for Peace
Imagine if your child’s nightly lullaby were the staccato of machine gun fire or that their playground was littered with limb-rendering … [Read more...]
San Francisco Reviewing Legislation to End Offender Discrimination
San Francisco and the federal government are grappling with the question of whether private employers should have the right to discriminate against … [Read more...]
Prison Time May Extend Life
Black men are half as likely to die in prison than if they aren’t, a recent study of North Carolina inmates suggests. The black prisoners appeared to … [Read more...]
Prison Population Reduction Plan Begins October 1
California prison officials project they will meet a federal court mandate to trim the state’s prison occupancy by 33,000 over the next 24 months, … [Read more...]
Assembly Revises Juvenile Bill
A bill approved by the State Senate to give juveniles sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole a second chance was revived after … [Read more...]
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
In her book, “The New Jim Crow,” Michelle Alexander writes, that when a prisoner is released from incarceration, he or she enters a metaphorical … [Read more...]